Floor-covering.



it sae IBROR, KNU'l IIJINDBERG AND ALBIN .FREDRICK HRLIN, 0F STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

FLOOR-COVERING.

manana.

Specification ofrLetters Patent.

ratentea ret., ee, iai.

Application led May 16, 1917. Serial No. 169,086.

linvented new and useful Improvements in Floor-Coverings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flexible floorcoverings and in particular to ioor-coverings comprising strips or pieces of wood secured to and supported by a backing of fabric. It has been found that Hoor-coverings of this kind are not always satisfactory asregards wear and durability as it is very diflicult to attach the rigid strips of wood to the flexible fabric in a thoroughly secure and reliable manner. It is the object of the present invention to overcome this difficulty and, to this end, the invention consists in interposing between the rigid strips of wood and the fabric backing a layer of veneer, which, as regards strength and flexibility,

has properties intermediate between those of the wooden strips and the fabric, vso that such layer is well adapted to be combined with and secured to both the rigid strips of wood and the fabric, thus affording a permanent, strong and flexible connection between the two.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example a floor-covering embodying the present invention in which strips or pieces of wood 1 are secured to a layer of veneer 8 by means of glue or Vother suitable adhesive means while a textile fabric 9 is secured to the opposite side of the veneer in a similar way. The back of the fabric may be impregnated with oil or other suits able waterproofing material such as paint,

pitch, resin, tar and the like or, alternatively, it may be covered with oiled or otherwise impregnated paper or fabric for preventing moisture from penetrating the support and coming into contact with the glue or other adhesive means whenv the iioorcovering is in use.

For convenience the Hoor-covering according to the invention is manufactured in longitudinal strips which may be arranged side by side when the width of the floor is greater than that of the floor-covering. ln

order to increase the strength and improvethe appearance of the joints between adjacent longitudinal strips the wood covering lap the fabric and veneer backing of the adjacent strip to which it may be secured by means of glue or otherV suitable adhesive means.

lt will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact embodiment shown although the use of a backing of veneer in fiexible Hoor-coverings is not claimed broadly herein, the same being well known in the art. As stated above it has been found, however, that distinct andimportant advantages are obtained by the novel arrangement set forth in the appended claim.

We claim:

A floor covering comprising a series of strips of wood, a flexible fabric backing for said strips, and a sheet of veneer interposed between and secured to said strips and fabric backing, said sheet of veneer having a of one strip is preferably arranged to overflexibility intermediate between that of the Y names to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

Buon KNUT LINDBERG. ALBIN FREDRJLGK HRLIN.

Witnesses HARRY HAMMAR, JACOB BAGGE.

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